Try this link: http://www.researchware.com/hr/index.html I also like it for the multiple file types (text, picture, video, etc.) that can be coded. And cross-platform capability is VERY useful. Regards, Eric ---- Original message ---- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:40:02 -0500 From: Eric Riggs <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: NVivo vs Ethnograph To: [log in to unmask] Hi Heather and all, My group has used NVivo β good with transcripts and excellent for coding, but we also use HyperResearch β better for handling image and video coding along with text files and transcripts. Itβs also cross-platform β Mac and PC, which is handy. Eric Riggs On 3/4/09 11:36 AM, "Heather Petcovic" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hi all, We are looking at purchasing qualitative analysis software, either Ethnograph or NVivo. I was wondering if users could share their experiences (good or bad) working with either package. Please reply off-list: [log in to unmask] Thanks, Heather ******************* Heather L. Petcovic Assistant Professor Department of Geosciences and The Mallinson Institute for Science Education Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008 [log in to unmask] 269-387-5488 (Geosciences) 269-387-5380 (Science Education) 269-387-5513 FAX ------------------------------------------------- Eric M. Riggs, Ph.D. Co-Director, CRESME Center for Research and Engagement in Science and Mathematics Education Associate Professor of Geoscience Education and Geology Departments of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Curriculum & Instruction Purdue University Felix Haas Hall, Suite 202 250 North University Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2066 CRESME: (765) 494-2781 Research Office: (765) 496-1974 http://cresme.education.purdue.edu/ http://www.purdue.edu/eas/riggslab/ ------------------------------------------------- Eric J. Pyle, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Geology and Environmental Science James Madison University MSC 6903 Harrisonburg, VA 22807 540.568.7115 7100A Memorial Hall "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it" The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam